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Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

Panache Digital Games · Private Division · 2020-08-27

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ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 06, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Dec 06, 2019 (Xbox One), Aug 27, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Survive your evolution in Neogene Africa starting 10 million years ago. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open world survival game where you Explore, Expand, and Evolve to advance your clan to the next generation in the exciting new adventure from Panache Digital Games.

118
playing now
79%
positive of 12k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (65 ratings)
39h
to beat · rushed 19h · completionist 52h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

118 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a survival game developed by Panache Digital Games and published by Private Division. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in August 2019. It was directed by Patrice Désilets. Set in prehistoric Africa, players control hominin species within the evolutionary lineage of modern humans, and are tasked to ensure their survival and facilitate their evolution.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 118 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 982 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~123/week).
  • · Review velocity up 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 239k–539k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,968 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.57-79%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.98 at eTail.Market (2026-05-20) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 107 of 158 observed days · $35.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
70370320202026Week of 2020-08-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 703 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 36 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

468792026-08-06 23:00 — 248 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 216 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 372 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 243 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 262 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 397 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 285 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 281 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 468 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 290 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 221 players2026-08-10 12:00 — 261 players2026-08-10 20:00 — 337 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 215 players2026-08-11 12:00 — 300 players2026-08-12 08:00 — 216 players2026-08-13 15:00 — 383 players2026-08-14 23:00 — 214 players2026-08-16 07:00 — 204 players2026-08-17 14:00 — 235 players2026-08-18 22:00 — 195 players2026-08-20 05:00 — 106 players2026-08-21 13:00 — 191 players2026-08-22 21:00 — 215 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 99 players2026-08-25 12:00 — 126 players2026-08-26 20:00 — 155 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 95 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 145 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 118 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$4.992019-06-212026-08-272019-06-21 — best price $39.992019-12-13 — best price $39.802020-02-08 — best price $38.262020-04-10 — best price $17.192020-06-19 — best price $17.982020-08-25 — best price $35.992020-10-19 — best price $35.892020-12-13 — best price $35.892021-02-07 — best price $35.892021-03-27 — best price $35.992021-05-12 — best price $34.832021-07-10 — best price $39.992021-09-13 — best price $35.192021-11-10 — best price $15.202021-12-22 — best price $15.992022-02-08 — best price $33.592022-04-10 — best price $39.992022-06-01 — best price $35.992022-07-25 — best price $8.602022-09-26 — best price $39.992022-12-01 — best price $33.592023-02-10 — best price $8.602023-04-10 — best price $9.992023-06-02 — best price $19.032023-08-15 — best price $35.192023-10-15 — best price $39.992024-01-04 — best price $35.192024-03-15 — best price $8.792024-05-06 — best price $39.992024-07-12 — best price $39.992024-09-24 — best price $9.992024-12-06 — best price $35.192025-03-18 — best price $39.992025-06-18 — best price $9.992025-09-17 — best price $38.792025-12-04 — best price $31.992026-03-13 — best price $39.992026-05-21 — best price $4.992026-08-01 — best price $35.992026-08-27 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.0k852026-05-30 — 147 pageviews2026-06-02 — 153 pageviews2026-06-05 — 1,071 pageviews2026-06-08 — 642 pageviews2026-06-11 — 290 pageviews2026-06-14 — 171 pageviews2026-06-17 — 139 pageviews2026-06-20 — 134 pageviews2026-06-23 — 110 pageviews2026-06-26 — 129 pageviews2026-06-29 — 121 pageviews2026-07-02 — 85 pageviews2026-07-05 — 94 pageviews2026-07-08 — 120 pageviews2026-07-11 — 118 pageviews2026-07-14 — 111 pageviews2026-07-17 — 120 pageviews2026-07-20 — 125 pageviews2026-07-23 — 181 pageviews2026-07-26 — 131 pageviews2026-07-29 — 161 pageviews2026-08-01 — 143 pageviews2026-08-04 — 142 pageviews2026-08-07 — 130 pageviews2026-08-10 — 202 pageviews2026-08-13 — 169 pageviews2026-08-16 — 235 pageviews2026-08-19 — 144 pageviews2026-08-22 — 155 pageviews2026-08-25 — 347 pageviews2026-08-27 — 339 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
79.5%
earned "A Real Hero"
5.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)10,8376%14
Steam (Steam)10,6574%13
Xbox One (Xbox)7,4612%13

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGActionNatureCraftingSurvivalAdventureHistoricalOpen WorldSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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